In his latest speech, Hezbollah’s leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah explained that one major factor behind the movement’s fighting in Qusayr was to defend Lebanon against extremist Al-Qaeda type groups.

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that Takfiri groups like Al-Nusra pose a grave danger to Lebanon and all the Lebanese, whether they are Sunni, Shiaa or Christian. He added that such groups had threatened to attack Lebanon once they topple the government in Damascus.

These groups have been responsible for various attacks in Lebanon, some of which occurred before the fight in Qusayr in Syria near the Lebanese border.